וַיִּטַּ֥ע אֶ֖שֶׁל בִּבְאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיִּ֨קְרָא־שָׁ֔ם בְּשֵׁ֥ם ה’ אֵ֥ל עוֹלָֽם ( בראשית כא:לג ) He planted an “Eshel” in Be’er Sheva, and he called in the name of Hashem, the God of the world ( ...
During Korban Pesach, the houses themselves assumed the character of a “private Mizbeach" (see Pesachim 96a). The Targum Yonatan (Shmot 19:4) even brings a midrash that Am Yisrael were carried to the ...
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Seated inside a ballroom on the campus of an all-girls religious school, the heavy hitters of Haredi Orthodox Judaism stared grimly into the future. Rabbi Elya Ber Wachtfogel, head of the prestigious ...
A rabbi was attacked in New York City on Tuesday, coinciding with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in what local officials described as a "targeted act of hate." The assault happened just ...
FOREST HILLS, Queens (WABC) -- A 32-year-old man was arrested after a rabbi was attacked on Tuesday afternoon in Queens. Police say the victim was punched in his chest and face at Queens Boulevard and ...
“What did we learn from the Holocaust? We have to act and we have to resist,” one visiting rabbi said. At least one local rabbi was arrested Friday in Minneapolis as hundreds of faith leaders from ...
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The son of a Texas A&M rabbi shot in the Sydney, Australia, terrorist attack was shielding an injured police officer, his father, Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff, said. Rabbi Liebel ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, a 2019 San Diego synagogue shooting survivor, mourns a relative killed in Sydney’s Bondi ...
Our Gemara on amud beis quotes a proof text that a knife must be used to slaughter the Olah sacrifice: “Slaughtering may be performed only with a knife and not with a sharp stone or reed. The Gemara ...
A chance encounter on the Atlanta Beltline offered a sense of solace – just when a rabbi needed it most. After learning of the attack in Australia's Bondi Beach, Rabbi Leivy Lapidus felt pain and ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The son of Texas A&M University’s campus rabbi is among those critically wounded in a mass shooting Sunday at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff told ...